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Each chapter of politics at the edges of liberalism is an amplification of the significance of the concept of internal periphery for the thinking of difference chapter 1 populism chapters 2 and 3 agitation chapter 4 and revolution chapter 5 however although it is also developed from a rethinking of the symptom as a tool . New in paperback this innovative exploration of ways of thinking about and doing politics presents a challenge to liberal assumptions the author tackles four key areas in contemporary politics which work at the edges of liberalism difference populism revolution and agitation. Politics on the edges of liberalism refers to a grey zone where phenomena such as difference populism revolution and agitation turn the distinction between the inside and the outside of liberalism into a matter of dispute. The first theme in our discussion of modes of politics that push liberalism to its edges is the debate on difference and identity the frame for this debate was the culture wars of the 1980s and early 1990s around issues such as abortion sexual preferences race relations curriculum content or the place of religion in public life. Politics on the edges of liberalism refers to a grey zone where phenomena such as difference populism revolution and agitation turn the distinction between the inside and the outside of liberalism into a matter of dispute